
The Japanese government has warned that Tokyo tap-water is contaminated with radioactive materials and that babies should not be allowed to drink it, prompting an immediate health scare as flighty Tokyo residents rush to buy up all the mineral water they can lay hands on.
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Nintendo’s much anticipated 3DS has been launched, but the reception is proving mixed – a great many users are reporting using the 3D mode for any length of time hurts their eyes, whilst Nintendo has issued an unprecedented advisory to “take a 15 minute break every 30 minutes of 3D play.”
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Lovable yet extremely unpopular akuma QB has been spotted throughout Akihabara slyly trying to coax hapless patrons into contracts of all kinds.
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Fans of mahou shoujo anime Houkago no Pleiades are buying Subaru automobiles in droves (if 4 cars constitutes a drove).
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Akihabara’s “pedestrian paradise” is back – the roads are closed to all but foot traffic on Sundays once again, and many thousands of shoppers packed the area in celebration.
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One shop’s hardline approach to stopping otaku shoplifting includes publicly threatening to expose a shota-loving thief to his family and workplace if caught, a powerful deterrent if ever there were one.
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A guitar signed by the cast of K-ON! has reached over ¥20,000,000 at auction.
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Azunyan’s appearance on a package labelled “K-ON! Azunyan Pero-Pero Kunka-Kunka” (the contents apparently had nothing to do with Azunyan or K-ON!) is the latest example of so-called “delivery terrorism” to surface, with the distinction that both the receiver and the sender appeared in the thread to discuss the matter.
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Tokyo manga fans are disgusted to witness their beloved manga already being dumped into the porno corner en masse in order to comply with Ishihara’s twisted manga ban.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: International, News
- Date: Jan 3, 2011 20:52 JST
- Tags: Animals, Bizarre, China, Chongqing, Crime, Drugs, Fraud, Inu, Made in China, Shopping

Chinese pet shops are apparently injecting sick animals with drugs such as heroin in order to conceal their illnesses and make them look more lively to potential buyers, with the result that many of the animals drop dead shortly after purchase.
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Otaku buyers share the contents of their “fukubukuro” purchases of 2011, both lucky and unlucky.
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The Japanese have been banned from shipping packages of any significant size to the land of the free as the US believes they are likely a bunch of freedom-hating terrorists.
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